About

Founded in 1997, e-on software creates, markets and supports the highest
quality 3D graphics products that exemplify ease-of-use and professional
results, specializing in the natural world.

E-on software's flagship products, VUE xStream and VUE Infinite, are the winner of many
computer graphics and animation awards worldwide. Like all e-on software
products, VUE empowers artists to translate their passion for
art into digital works using intuitive tools.

Other e-on software products, including LumenRT, PlantFactory, CloudFactory and Carbon Scatter product lines, extend and
integrate this paradigm into the leading tools of the 3D still graphics and
motion picture industry.

E-on software's team of expert software engineers, programmers,
trainers, and technicians assists users from installation through
production, and for years of growth to come.

"At e-on software we believe that the tools you choose are only
as good as the support staff that stands behind them".
Responsive and dedicated, our team is thoroughly trained
to provide fast, effective, and professional support.

E-on software's products are available worldwide in English, for both Microsoft Windows and
Apple Computer's Mac OS X platforms, making full use of the native
software and hardware acceleration.

E-on software is a division of Bentley Systems, and is located in Paris, France.

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Beyond Inspiration!™: e-on software translates its passion for art
into high quality 3D tools for the graphics community!

Corporate Overview

E-on Software: The Leader in Digital Nature

At e-on software, Digital Nature is not just a catchy buzzword, it's our passion,
as we strive to deliver the most comprehensive, powerful, fun-to-use 3D Natural Scenery
solutions to our equally passionate and creative users and customers.

Since its inception in 1997, e-on has pioneered the concept of Digital Nature
and enjoyed the widespread adoption of its solutions across a variety of industries and user communities.

Moving forward, our mission will continue to focus on expanding our leadership in Digital Nature
by delivering exciting, cutting-edge capabilities and solutions to our existing markets
and customers and to a growing audience of new markets and innovative opportunities.

Digital Nature: Art Imitating the Natural World

Digital Nature is fundamentally different than traditional computer graphics applications and presents unique challenges
across several different dimensions:

Natural Diversity: You Can't Fool Mother Nature

The natural world around us represents a diverse collection of unique earthen and celestial elements
such as terrains, vegetation, water, and clouds, as well as natural phenomena including wind and atmospheric godrays.
No two natural elements are exactly alike or behave in precisely the same way.

E-on technologies such as its SolidGrowth™ vegetation system is based on random growth technologies
that ensures that no two plants of the same species will ever look exactly alike, simulating
the different color tones and wind effects found in nature for even greater variety and realism.

Infinite Complexity: Rendering Trillions of Polygons

A typical scene in the realm of Digital Nature, complete with expansive terrain vistas and sweeping forests,
is measured in millions, billions, and even trillions of equivalent polygons which would bring most traditional
computer graphics and virtual reality systems to their knees.

E-on has made numerous pioneering advances which deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that deal
effortlessly with the enormous size and complexity of nature including:

EcoSystem™ technology for painting and rendering millions of wind-effected trees and plants

Compliant Natural Reality: An Open Scenario Environment

Compliant natural reality differs from traditional virtual reality given the fundamental requirement
of operating in a fully unconstrained, expansive universe and to engage within this open universe
using a language and constructs that are coherent with how nature works.

Natural scenery must allow navigation at any level, whether flying over the scene from outerspace
or zooming in to the finest, granular rock structures. The integrity and fidelity of the scene needs
to be preserved at all levels and must blend seamlessly with man-made structures, objects, humans, and animals.

In the world of Digital Nature, the parameters for adjusting scene details are driven using
the language of nature. Elements such as altitude, slope, erosion, decay, and turbulence provide a more natural,
understandable interface than traditional polygon-centric, geometric modeling systems.

Mathematical and Computer Science Foundation

The randomness and organic structure of the natural world requires a much greater portfolio
of mathematical skills and unique approaches for solving the wonders of nature.

Our team of developers and scientists are deeply versed in areas such as fractal mathematics,
atmospheric physics, and volumetrics, providing the domain expertise necessary to master
the complex aspects of the natural world and deliver leading edge solutions.

Beyond Inspiration

Beyond inspiration!™ e-on software translates its passion for art into high quality 3D tools for the graphics community!

A 200 word description of e-on software

Founded in 1997, e-on software creates, markets and supports the highest
quality 3D graphics products that exemplify ease-of-use and professional
results, specializing in the natural world.

E-on software's flagship products, VUE xStream and VUE Infinite, are the winner of many
computer graphics and animation awards worldwide. Like all e-on software
products, VUE empowers artists to translate their passion for
art into digital works using intuitive tools.

Other e-on software products, including LumenRT, PlantFactory, CloudFactory and Carbon Scatter product lines, extend and
integrate this paradigm into the leading tools of the 3D still graphics and
motion picture industry.

E-on software's team of expert software engineers, programmers,
trainers, and technicians assists users from installation through
production, and for years of growth to come.

"At e-on software we believe that the tools you choose are only
as good as the support staff that stands behind them".
Responsive and dedicated, our team is thoroughly trained
to provide fast, effective, and professional support.

E-on software's products are available worldwide in English, for both Microsoft Windows and
Apple Computer's Mac OS X platforms, making full use of the native
software and hardware acceleration.

E-on software is a division of Bentley Systems, and is located in Paris, France.

A 80 word description of e-on software

Founded in 1997, e-on software was established to develop and
promote the highest quality graphics tools with professional strength
features, specializing in the natural world.

Established by graphics enthusiasts for graphics enthusiasts,
e-on software translates its passion for art into tools for the
graphics community.

E-on software offices are in Paris, France.

The company has achieved worldwide reputation for its award winning 3D
scenery generator VUE, its LumenRT, PlantFactory products, and CloudFactory Ozone and Carbon Scatter suite of plugins.

E-on Software Brief History

E-on software was founded in 1997 by Vue d'Esprit creator Nicholas Phelps.

Vue

Vue d'Esprit, e-on software's scenery generator was created in late 1992.
Vue d'Esprit 1.0 was completed in 1994 and version 1.2 released one year later.
Vue d'Esprit 2 was released in 1997, Vue d'Esprit 3 in 1999, Vue d'Esprit 4 in 2001, Vue 4 Professional in 2003,
Vue 5 Esprit and Vue 5 Pro Studio in late 2004, Vue 5 Infinite in 2005, Vue 5 xStream in 2006, the complete Vue 6 line in 2007.
End of 2008, e-on software started a twice yearly release schedule and released the complete Vue 7 line in November, and Vue 7.5 6 months after,
in April 2009. The entire Vue 8 product line was released end 2009, 8.5 in April 2010, the whole Vue 9 family was released in November 2010, Vue 9.5 Infinite and xStream were released in May 2011.
Vue 10 and 10.5 were release respectively in November 2011 and May 2012, Vue 11 and Vue 11.5 in November 2012 and May 2013, Vue 2014 in November 2013, and VUE 2015 in April 2015. VUE T-packs, 3D SuperHero and VUE Frontier were discontinued with VUE 2015.

The current VUE product line is now organized in 3 families: VUE for CG Professionals, VUE for 3D Artists and VUE for 3D Enthusiasts.

Each familiy provides Digital Nature authoring with the best blend of capabilities and features:

VUE for 3D Enthusiasts: VUE Pioneer. Features content-filled, easy-to-use scenic nature creation for home and family use.

Extra Modules for VUE

E-on also develops a set of plug-ins for the VUE product line for 3D Artists and 3D Enthusiasts, helping them to animate their scenes,
named HyperVUE (superseding to Mover in 2005), Botanica, LighTune, DeepAccess, 3D Import, RenderUp, EcoSystem, EcoPainter, Zephyr, AdvanceGraph, KronosFX, and Exporter.
Mover 1 appeared in 1996, then in its second version in 1998 (Mover 2), Mover 4 (allowing animated Curious Labs' Poser
model import) in 2002 and finally Mover 5 in 2004. All other plug-ins were released between 2004 and 2011, and are upgraded at every new generation.

CloudFactory Ozone

E-on also created an atmosphere generator as a plug-in, made from a part of VUE's rendering engine,
named Ozone. Ozone 3D for Lightwave 3D was created in 1999, then e-on developed Ozone 2.0 for lightWave
in 2002 and made it possible also for Cinema 4D in 2003. Ozone 3 was released in 2007, and Ozone 4 in 2009,
getting additional compatibility with 3ds Max, Maya and Softimage at the same time. Ozone 5 was released in January 2011, Ozone 6 in March 2012, Ozone 2014 in June 2014 and CloudFactory Ozone 2015 in December 2014.

Carbon Scatter

The Carbon Scatter plug-ins integrate e-on's patented EcoSystem™ algorithms directly inside leading CG applications.
Carbon Scatter allows artists to populate their scenes with millions of native objects using the native instancing technologies
of 3ds Max, Maya, and Cinema4D, and render them with their favorite renderer.

The Carbon Scatter plugins were previewed at Siggraph 2010 in Los Angeles. Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max was
released in March of 2011, and versions for Maya and C4D in July 2011. Carbon Scatter 2 was released in December 2012, and Carbon Scatter 2015 in October 2014.

LumenRT

LumenRT is a powerful 3D solution for visualizing architectural and design projects in real-time.
LumenRT extends the concept of static rendering by adding the ability to move around "inside pictures", in fully photo-realistic quality.

LumenRT was previewed at Siggraph 2010 in Los Angeles. The first release version of LumenRT was released in June 2011, LumenRT 2 in January 2012, LumenRT 3 in August 2012, LumenRT 4 in March 2013 and LumenRT 2015 in October 2014. LumenRT 2015 in available in 4 versions: the free LumenRT VIZ, LumenRT Architect, LumenRT Studio and LumenRT GeoDesign.

PlantFactory

PlantFactory is a revolutionary technology for creating and rendering high-quality 3D plants.
PlantFactory allows users to create procedural plants with unlimited control. PlantFactory is designed for the CG, SFX, Architecture and Gaming communities.
It offers solutions custom-tailored for all audiences. The technology available in PlantFactory represents the culmination of e-on software's decades of expertise in the field of digital nature and delivers unsurpassed realism and performance.

Cornucopia3D, E-on's
on-line web content community, provides rich, high-quality 3D content as
well as forums, classroom tutorials and a gallery for users to share their knowledge, ideas
and artwork. So whether you are creating art as hobby or constructing
scenes for the next blockbuster movie, there's a VUE solution tailored to unleash
your Digital Nature.

The VUE Difference

Our product philosophy encompasses seven fundamental principles which serve
as the foundation for the VUE product line and its on-going development:

Precise Artistic Control

To maximize artistic flexibility and precision, rich usability features such
as the Ecosystem painter and terrain sculptor are crafted into a highly interactive user experience.
With VUE, you have complete, precise control over the placement, appearance, and behaviour
of any natural scenery element.

Leading Edge Performance

VUE enables you to create scenes of virtually
limitless size, scope and complexity containing millions of trees, stormy oceans, imported characters and objects,
and finely detailed landscapes. Whether rendering on a single workstation
or across an entire render farm such as HyperVue™, VUE provides maximum flexibility
with optimal performance.

Vivid Realism

From faux-real to photo-real, VUE provides a platform where art truly imitates
life. The availability of multiple lighting models, cutting-edge
outdoor/indoor Radiosity, and high fidelity materials, combine to deliver crisp,
finely-detailed images and animations with superb quality.

Immersive Interoperability

VUE provides a highly interoperable environment to accommodate any production workflow. With our xStream Professional
Solution, VUE is immersively embedded as a fully integrated plug-in for 3ds Max, Maya, LightWave, Cinema4D and Softimage.
Additionally, all VUE products include a wide array of fully agnostic import/export facilities.

Extensive Content

The large Digital Nature content libraries packaged with VUE, along with the
thousands of high quality items available on-line at Cornucopia3D, allows
virtually any scene imaginable to be construction with a minimum of effort, and without time-consuming modelling.

Inviting User Experience

The VUE user experience is designed from the "outside-in", meaning that the user interaction model is a primary design
consideration when adding features and capabilities. For many users, VUE is their first entryway into the 3D world,
and therefore, we strive to ensure that this experience is easy to learn, fun to use, and not overwhelming or
complex.

Hardware Partners

Apple Computer, Inc., ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Apple is now committed to its original mission-to bring the best personal computing products and support to companies, designers, engineers, educators, students, scientists, business persons
and consumers in over 140 countries around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building
blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products.

These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems.

NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the worldwide leader in graphics processors and media communications devices.
The unmatched breadth of NVIDIA’s product line enriches 3D, 2D, video, audio, communications, broadband connectivity
and high-definition digital video and television for every audience and platform including game consoles, workstations, Internet-enabled appliances,
Apple Macintosh, and mobile PCs.

Matrox Graphics Inc, the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, has been delivering
high-quality, innovative 2D/3D and video graphics accelerators for more than a quarter century.
Pioneer of the trend-setting DualHead® technology, Matrox is a graphics chip designer and board manufacturer
whose products have been awarded over 1,000 times worldwide for their superior image quality,
practical ingenuity and unwavering stability.

Software Partners

Autodesk Media and Entertainment
solutions are designed to accelerate collaborative digital content
creation workflow. Our innovative, industry-leading tools have
changed the way entertainment is produced—from visual effects,
color grading, and editing to animation, game development, and
design visualization. Build a superior pipeline with Autodesk
Media and Entertainment products, services, and solutions.

Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., provides
intuitive, production proven tools that free 3D artists to create the
world's most compelling characters in the film, broadcast,
post-production and games industries. Its flagship products are
SOFTIMAGE|XSI(r) and SOFTIMAGE| FACE ROBOT(TM). For more
information about Softimage, please visit www.softimage.com.

NewTek is a driving force in pushing the edge of video and 3D graphics technology while redefining price/performance
and ease of use. NewTek has built its success on the concept of providing powerful, intuitive products at prices that are very affordable.

MAXON Computer develops professional solutions for 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering.
Its award-winning products have been used extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and other industries.

Smith Micro delivers essential 3D character solutions that are easy to master, affordable, and yet rich in professional features.
Smith Micro digitally empowers the creative artist community, continually expanding and growing by developing technologies for use by
its varied consumer and professional user base.

DAZ 3D is committed to the ongoing development of exciting new products for Poser
and to the constant search for new ways to improve customers' Poser experience.

International

E-on software participates in a number of international projects. In particular, it receives funding from the European Union (FEDER) for the DIG1 project.

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